Fresh feature films from SxSW As the film industry continues to undergo seismic shifts on the distribution end, festivals like SXSW are increasingly important for those who prefer to see independent and unconventional work on the big screen. In the past, festival...

5 fresh documentaries to troll Netflix or your local indie movie theater for While the narrative features screened at SXSW face an uncertain future, the prospects are much brighter for the documentaries on the 2018 slate. They may not show up in theaters, but...

The joys of the world's largest cheeseboard, our new favorite bands and inefficient transit to hog-rendering plant - SxSW demystified! As a member of the press who has attended the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals for more than two decades, you would think...

Donuts, Handmaids, Veep, and lots of Twin Peaks. More, more, more things you missed at SxSW South by Southwest may have downsized since reaching critical mass a couple of years ago, but it’s not as if it has returned to its roots as a modest music conference in a...

Pairs of Fresh Rockumentaries, Documentaries, Film Noir, Women's Stories, and films about Aging Hollywood Icons face off in our SxSW movie roundup. Standing in line for my final screening of SXSW’s 2017 film program, it occurred to me that almost every movie I’d seen...

Out of touch with which cutting edge artists to see at SxSW? Head for the disappointment-free zone with these rock stalwarts. You swore it would never happen to you. You’d never be one of those middle-aged rockers who falls completely out of touch with the current...

Richard Linklater's "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused, the friendship behind Smokey and the Bandit, & a school shootings doc make our list! Have you read our SXSW Rockumentary Roundup? Of course you have! But as always, SXSW Film is more than music. Here are...

Foxy new features about Sharon Jones, Gary Numan, roadies, Austin City Limits and The Broken Spoke all make our cut for the best rockumentaries at SxSW! Given its roots as a music festival, SXSW is always going to find a place for rock-based movies as part of its film...

The finest no-wait bbq, no-line clubs, no-hassle watering holes, and public toilet locations for you dear reader! So you’ve finally made it to SXSW, but you fear you might be too old to enjoy it. No need to be intimidated by the young people with endless reserves of...

By 2014, South by Southwest had virtually become a city in its own right: a Brigadoon appearing once a year in March, threatening to crush Austin, Texas under its weight. The symbol of this rampant expansion and the uptick in corporate branding that went along...

A recent Variety article made the dubious claim that the success of HBO’s The Jinx, the six-part miniseries about accused multiple-murderer Robert Durst, will usher in a golden age of documentaries. Anyone who has attended SXSW Film in recent years could tell you that...

With all due respect to the ever-expanding Interactive aspect of SXSW (as well as upstart offshoots like SXSports), it’s the Music and Film Conferences that remain the heart of the 10-day festival. With all due respect to the ever-expanding Interactive aspect of SXSW...